Optometry Today, in collaboration with the Association of Optometrists (AOP), has released two video skills guides. The first is presented by Dr Byki Huntjens, AOP education lead, exploring history ...

The government’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, and the former National Medical Director at NHS England, Professor Stephen Powis, led the Medical Training Review to understand ...

Parents will be able to get their children protected against flu this half term, as the NHS ramps up its winter vaccine campaign. England’s most senior nurse has warned parents that flu can spread ...

New solutions to increase the number of patients receiving a timely formal diagnosis of dementia are to be rolled out by the end of the decade. With one million people in the UK living with dementia - ...

The Care Quality Commission annual report looks at the trends, shares examples of good and outstanding care, and highlights where care needs to improve. This year's report finds that the health and ...

This thematic review identifies three key areas for improvement: optimising diagnostic processes; enhancing communication within consultations and across the healthcare system; and empowering patients ...

In anticipation of the expansion of the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service to include emergency contraception, the updated service specification and patient group directions (PGDs) have been published ...

Women across the country will benefit from better and more compassionate care as the women’s health strategy is set to be renewed. This follows the announcement that menopause questions will be ...

The NHS's 10-Year Health Plan sets out a bold vision to reshape care delivery through the creation of 250–300 neighbourhood health centres (NHCs) by 2035. This transformation has major implications ...

The Think pharmacy first campaign helps increase public awareness that pharmacists can provide some prescription medicines if needed, without seeing a GP.

Paul Thomas, in collaboration with the Journal of Holistic Healthcare & Primary Care Commissioning. This blog can be seen as a video podcast at The UK government’s plan to develop out-of-hospital ...

NHS New Medicine Service (NMS) allows community pharmacists to provide structured support to patients and carers, helping them manage newly prescribed medicines for eligible conditions and make shared ...